Church leads ACMs with seven nominations

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 – Eric Church led the pack with seven nominations today for the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Church was nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year and his second consecutive nod for Album of the Year and Video of the Year. He is twice nominated for Song of the Year for Springsteen, as both artist and composer. Church also earned nominations for Single of the Year for the same song and for Vocal Event of the Year for The Only Way I Know with Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan.

Hunter Hayes received six nominations, including New Male Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year for Wanted. He is also twice nominated in the Song of the Year category as the artist and composer, as well as in the Single Record of the Year category as the artist and producer for the song.

Miranda Lambert earned five nominations, including her second nomination for Entertainer of the Year and seventh consecutive nod for Female Vocalist of the Year. In addition, Lambert was nominated for Single Record of the Year and twice nominated for Song of the Year, as artist and composer, for Over You. Lambert is the reigning ACM Female Vocalist of the Year.

Reigning Entertainer of the Year, Taylor Swift received five nominations, including her fourth consecutive nod for Entertainer of the Year. If Swift wins Entertainer of the Year, this will be her third consecutive win in that category. Swift is nominated for the sixth time for Female Vocalist of the Year and for the fourth time for Video of the Year for We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. She also received a double nomination for Album of the Year for Red as the artist and producer.

Luke Bryan and Kacey Musgraves and Little Big Town receive four nominations while Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line and Blake Shelton received three apiece.

Brantley Gilbert, Jana Kramer and Florida Georgia Line are the nominees for this year's ACM New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl's Department Stores. In the first round of fan voting at GACtv.com, fans named Gilbert, Kramer and Florida Georgia Line for ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year, ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year and ACM New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year, respectively. The winners of those categories go on to compete for overall ACM New Artist of the Year.

The event will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m. eastern/delayed Pacific on CBS. Shelton will join forces with Luke Bryan to host. This will be Shelton's third year and the debut of Bryan

For the sixth year, fans will help select the winner of the Academy's most prestigious honor, Entertainer of the Year, and for the fifth year, the New Artist of the Year category will also be opened up to fan voting.

The ACM's selects the nominees and winners of the awards and picks the final top five nominees of the Entertainer of the Year category. New Artist of the Year final nominees were selected by a combined vote of the fans and professional members. Presenters and performers who will appear at the ceremony will be announced at a later date.

Fan voting for New Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year begins on March 25, 2013 at 3 p.m. eastern at VoteACM.com. Fan voting for New Artist of the Year will close at 8 p.m. eastern on April 7 (before the live show starts) and fan voting for Entertainer of the Year will close during the third hour of the broadcast.

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